4-letter words that end in a
- lpga — Ladies Professional Golf Association
- ltsa — Land Transport Safety Authority
- luba — a member of any of various groups of agricultural and hunting people inhabiting the SE Democratic Republic of the Congo, some of whom are famous for their wood carvings.
- luda — former name of Dalian (def 1).
- luma — A monetary unit of Armenia, equal to one hundredth of a dram.
- luna — the ancient Roman goddess personifying the moon, sometimes identified with Diana.
- luta — former name of Dalian (def 1).
- lyra — (anatomy, dated) The middle portion of the ventral surface of the fornix of the brain; so called from the arrangement of the lines with which it is marked in the human brain.
- m'ba — Léon [le-awn] /lɛˈɔ̃/ (Show IPA), 1902–67, African statesman: president of Gabon 1961–67.
- maca — Multiple Access with Colision Avoidance
- maha — (archaic) A kind of monkey; the wanderoo.
- maia — the eldest of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes by Zeus.
- mala — in bad faith; not genuine.
- mama — Informal. mother1 .
- mana — an ancient kingdom in Iran, in Kurdistan.
- mara — Hindu Mythology. the god of death, sometimes seen as one aspect of a god whose other aspect is Kama, or erotic desire.
- masa — flour or dough made of dried, ground corn, used especially for tortillas.
- maua — a city in SE Brazil, SE of São Paulo.
- maya — the power, as of a god, to produce illusions.
- mcga — Multi-Color Graphics Array
- mcsa — (education) 1. Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator. 2. Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate.
- mdma — 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine
- mdna — mitochondrial DNA
- mega — Extremely.
- mela — a religious fair, especially one held in connection with a festival.
- mesa — a city in SW California.
- meta — (in ancient Rome) a column or post, or a group of columns or posts, placed at each end of a racetrack to mark the turning places.
- mhra — Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
- mica — any member of a group of minerals, hydrous silicates of aluminum with other bases, chiefly potassium, magnesium, iron, and lithium, that separate readily into thin, tough, often transparent, and usually elastic laminae; isinglass.
- miha — a young fern frond which has not yet opened
- mina — an ancient unit of weight and value equal to the sixtieth part of a talent.
- mira — Astronomy. the first long-period pulsating variable star to be discovered, with a period averaging 331 days. It is a red giant and a component of a binary star in the constellation Cetus.
- mita — a colonial system in Peru by which the Spanish government required Indians to perform periodic forced labor, especially in the mines.
- mola — any of several thin, silvery fishes of the family Molidae, of tropical and temperate seas.
- moma — Museum of Modern Art, in New York City
- mona — a female given name.
- mora — the unit of time equivalent to the ordinary or normal short sound or syllable.
- mota — Alternative form of mootah.
- moxa — a flammable substance or material obtained from the leaves of certain Chinese and Japanese wormwood plants, especially Artemisia moxa.
- moya — Mud poured out from volcanoes during eruptions.
- mpaa — Motion Picture Association of America
- mpla — Movimento Popular de Libertacão de Angola: a political party that has ruled Mozambique since the country gained independence from Portugal in 1975
- mrca — multirole combat aircraft
- mrda — Mandy Rice-Davis Applies
- mria — Member of the Royal Irish Academy
- mrna — messenger RNA
- mrsa — methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus , a bacterium that is highly resistant to methicillin, penicillin, and certain other antibiotics, and may cause infections of the skin, blood, lungs, etc.: MRSA infections in hospitals and healthcare facilities.
- muka — Prepared fibre of harakeke, used in traditional Maori weaving.
- mura — a river in S central Austria, NE Slovenia, and N Croatia, flowing NE and SE to the Drava River. 300 miles (483 km) long.
- muta — Alternative form of mootah.